On Sunday, the fifth edition of the much-anticipated Kundapura Kannada Habba took place in Bengaluru. Organized by Kundapra Kannada Pratishthana, it drew over 15,000 people who speak the dialect.
Kundapura Kannada (also called Kundapra Kannada or Kunda Kannada) is a distinct language variant spoken in and around Kundapur in Udupi district. Though highly localised, the increasing use of the dialect in Kannada literature, music, theatre and cinema has popularised it.